Jos Buttler's blistering 71 not out off 35 balls stunned a sold-out Headingley to help Lancashire beat Yorkshire by four wickets in a last-ball NatWest T20 Blast thriller.

England team-mate Joe Root also contributed to a stunning occasion with a brisk half-century for the Vikings, but Buttler hit five fours and five sixes in pursuit of 186 as the Lightning gained 17 runs off Tim Bresnan's last over.

Yorkshire's 185 for eight was underpinned by Root's 55 off 39 balls with nine fours, uniting for a fourth-wicket half-century stand with international colleague Gary Ballance, who made 31 off 18.

Jos Buttler (right) celebrates with Arron Lilley after firing Lancashire to victory against Yorkshire on Friday

Liam Plunkett celebrates with his Yorkshire team-mates after dismissing Tom Croft at Headingley

But it was started by Glenn Maxwell reverse sweeping the first ball of the match for six over cover off Steven Croft's off-spin.

Buttler later helped overhaul a target of 45 off the last three overs and scored 29 of the last 32 runs required, including six, four, four at the start of the final over. He got one off the final ball.

After being invited to bat, the Vikings were quickly on the back foot at 25 for two in the third over, however.

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Maxwell fell for 18 off nine with three fours when he skied George Edwards to Alex Davies at mid-off in the second before James Faulkner yorked Andrew Gale in the next.

Davies nearly got rid of Root on nought with a diving effort running back towards long-off in Edwards' next over.

Root and Jonny Bairstow shared 40 in five overs for the third wicket before the latter fell to Arron Lilley's off-spin in the eighth.

Joe Root hit 55 off 39 balls as Yorkshire impressed with a first innings total of 185 for eight

Ballance hit three sixes in three balls faced against Tom Bailey and Stephen Parry in the 12th and 13th overs before Root, mostly happy to pierce the gaps, hit three fours in a row off Lilley in the 14th.

It came as part of a run of 34 runs in 11 balls before Ballance holed out to mid-wicket off Lilley to leave the score at 128 for four and end a 63-run stand inside seven overs.

Root brought up his fifty off 39 balls towards the end of the 15th before miscueing Faulkner to mid-off at the start of the 17th.

Faulkner finished with a notable three for 27 from his four overs as the visitors took four for 30 in the last four overs of the innings, started by Root's dismissal.

England batsman Gary Ballance helped Root in the middle and looked to play himself back into form

Two partnerships of 41 between Ashwell Prince and Liam Livingstone and Prince and Karl Brown helped Lancashire to 82-1 in the eleventh before the latter smashed a Maxwell full toss down long-on's throat.

Maxwell had earlier nipped a Livingstone assault in the bud, including a huge six over long-leg off Bresnan, by getting him caught at short third-man for 27 off 16.

Prince was lbw to Maxwell with 89 on the board in the 13th before the target became 82 off six with Buttler at the crease.

He shared 52 inside five overs for the fourth wicket with Croft and completed a stunning win to end a run of two defeats.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid sends one down the track during the Roses battle on Friday night